Business Casual Apple on a Budget

Hello Again~

I did say that Stylish Apples is taking requests! For Amy, today we’re gonna explore a couple business casual looks for apple shaped women.

Difficulty level? We are going to take two expensive but classy apple-friendly outfits for the “business casual” look, and reinvent these same outfits on a budget. Sounds fun, right?

Option #1

“Mustard magic” by Birdsnest is a flattering outfit for an apple shape, including a tunic shirt, pencil skirt (the shirt is long enough to cover belly), stylish heels in same color neighborhood as the skirt, and some cute accessories that pop.

Let’s get to work, and start with the faux-wrap shirt. The original shirt has a unique pattern, which is tough to duplicate. However, the style is easy to find, and that’s the most important thing for us. Plus, solid colors look great and have more versatility for other outfits in your closet.

And now, the pants – first two for Missi, second two for Plus. These will have a very versatile and useful presence in your wardrobe.

Earrings – pick what you like! The second pair is pretty, don’t you think?

Shoes (again, by Sofft, because they fit so comfortably):

Purse (bonus – option 2 is Vegan leather!) – much more affordable and, dare I say, cuter than the example.

The Damage?

The most expensive choices for all pieces of this outfit is $266.88. The least expensive choices for all pieces of this outfit totals $128.91. That’s also a winner!

As always, please reach out with any questions, comments or ideas about this post. Or how you’ve made the business casual look work for you!

Sofft shoes are AWESOME. I literally feel at ease in my sofft heels, which is NOT true for my other heels, to say the least. Anyway I don’t know why they haven’t cornered every shoe market yet. You should give it a shot – you can always send them back if they end up feeling wrong on your feet.

I’ve seen a few apples with dainty little feet, actually! But I think most of us have bigger ones, which is probably kinder from a physics perspective at least. The Sofft shoes are literally the only heels I can wear without discomfort.

Fabrics – generally speaking, avoid thin, clingy stuff. Many “jersey” fabrics are too thin unless it’s a “double” layer. Wrap shirts and dresses made from thin material can pass if they have enough rouching (rouching is the nice way of saying the “wrinkle” look that is created by gathered fabric). But if I’m unsure, I will wear a cami underneath (or even casual shapewear) for more smoothing.

A very informative website and entertaining at the same time. It’s packed with so much knowledge for ‘apple shaped’ women. All the links I clicked were on point and had me reading for several minutes before I went onto the next one. It’s one of those sites that cuts out the embarrassment of having to try out outfits in high street shops. Had me hooked.

Hi Rose, thank you so much for the positive feedback, really appreciate it! You really hit the nail on the head – this site is an effort to save time and agony IRL shopping, and direct apples in the direction of the more flattering cuts and styles of clothes

This is excellent.. I’m currently looking for clothes to buy my wife and she is an apple, lol.. Did I say that right? Anyways, I’ve been searching the net and man clothing is real expensive but I really like how you seperate the two.. I can surely save money with one of these options. Thanks for doing what you do. I will be telling my wife of your website too.

Hi Jonathan – thanks for the great comment! I’m glad you can appreciate the budget options, and I agree with you completely that clothes are overpriced most of the time 🙂 I hope your wife gets some good info out of my site, thanks for passing it along!

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